Press Release Article

The Port Authority today announced that Olivia Balcos, an eighth-grade student at Academy 1 Middle School, has won PATH’s annual holiday poster contest with her depiction of children playing in the snow. Her artwork will be displayed this holiday season aboard the Port Authority’s rail system’s trains.

The contest has been held for the past 22 years. Three of the Port Authority’s PATH stations – Journal Square, Grove Street and Exchange Place – are located in Jersey City. The Holland Tunnel also is located in the city.

During a luncheon today at the Journal Square Transportation Center, Olivia and two runners-up were honored by representatives of PATH and Jersey City Public Schools. Placing second in the contest was Juan Rogers, a sixth grader at P.S. 23, while third place went to Hamza Elgindy, a sixth grader at P.S. 23. The children, under the guidance of their art teachers, draw holiday posters and submit them to PATH for judging. They received 576 submissions this year.

Michael DePallo, PATH’s Director and General Manager for the Port Authority, unveiled the winning poster at today’s event.

The winning poster:

CONTACT:

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Hunter Pendarvis, 212 435-7777

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which does not receive tax dollars from either state, operates many of the busiest and most important transportation links in the region. They include John F. Kennedy International, Newark Liberty International, LaGuardia, Stewart International and Teterboro airports; AirTrain JFK and AirTrain Newark; the George Washington Bridge and Bus Station; the Lincoln and Holland tunnels; the three bridges between Staten Island and New Jersey; the PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson) rapid-transit system; Port Newark; the Elizabeth-Port Authority Marine Terminal; the Howland Hook Marine Terminal on Staten Island; the Brooklyn Piers/Red Hook Container Terminal; the Port Authority-Port Jersey Marine Terminal and the Port Authority Bus Terminal in midtown Manhattan. The agency also owns the 16-acre World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan.